Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stabilize litter-derived carbon in soil?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 261-269

  Verbruggen, Erik ^a,b   Jansa, Jan ^c   Hammer, Edith C ^a,b,d   Rillig, Matthias C ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Litter decomposition; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Priming; Saprobic fungi; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; FINE ROOT; FUNGUS; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SAPROTROPHY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STABILIZATION;

FUNGI;

EID: 84954406693     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12496     Document Type: Article

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